From the NYTimes' Brian Heyman: Stringer Spends Time on Hall of Fame Speech

“They said that they had a time limit, and Coach Chaney spoke for an hour and 19 minutes,” Stringer said on Thursday at the W.N.B.A. draft in Secaucus, N.J.

“They want three to five minutes, and send them the speech ahead of time. So Coach Chaney said, ‘Don’t worry about it, Viv. Don’t worry. When you’re up there, there’s nothing they can do. They’re not going to jerk you off the floor. What the heck. Say what you want.’ They said, ‘Don’t tell her that. Don’t tell her that."

"No, really, don't tell her that!" cry reporters from across the country...